Re: H786 power supply help wanted

2019-04-03 Thread Aaron Jackson via cctalk
Glad the 23 PSU seems to be working again. My H7861 had a fault a couple of years ago where the 12V rail stopped working. It turned out to be a dead 555 timer, totally flat-lined. Perhaps it would be worth checking that in your H7861 if it is the MJE15030 that is blowing. At least it's a nice

Re: Tektronix Keyboard

2019-04-03 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 9:50 AM Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > On 4/3/19 8:53 AM, Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote: > > > What I didn't understand was a fascination with the black mechanical Cherry > > switches the keyboard used. These turn out > > to be extremely popular with the 'gaming'

Re: Yes there is a PDP 10 front panel and Kenbak on Ebay

2019-04-03 Thread Sam O'nella via cctalk
Are these yours Bill? Interesting to see the Kenbak and story behind buying most of the Nova Scotia museum. Lots of interesting other things seller has as well. Prices vary like a lot of eBay sellers but some neat stuff the collector has. Color me jealous. ;-) Sent from my Apple /c >

Re: Not DEC related but still hoping for some help: Problems w/ LJ 4+ Printer

2019-04-03 Thread ben via cctalk
On 4/3/2019 9:44 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: First, since you have not checked with another cartridge, is to examine the corona wires and/or "combs" on the cart. Sometimes the wires break at one end.  Also, toner spills could short it out, I've had that before.  Bent contacts on the cart

Re: Yes there is a PDP 10 front panel and Kenbak on Ebay

2019-04-03 Thread Anders Nelson via cctalk
Nope! On Wed, Apr 3, 2019, 3:58 PM ED SHARPE via cctalk > any relation to marlys nelson at river falls? > Ed#In a message dated 4/3/2019 12:40:06 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > cctalk@classiccmp.org writes: > I mean that semi-sarcastically as this list probably knows better already. > > =]

Re: Yes there is a PDP 10 front panel and Kenbak on Ebay

2019-04-03 Thread Kyle Owen via cctalk
On Wed, Apr 3, 2019, 15:01 Al Kossow via cctalk > > On 4/3/19 11:51 AM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > > > and no, a "best offer" of $250 for the front panel will not be accepted. > > because it's $125 lower than the last one that sold. > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/113190860596 That

Re: Yes there is a PDP 10 front panel and Kenbak on Ebay

2019-04-03 Thread Ethan O'Toole via cctalk
My god people, stop bidding! There are 6 days left. You should only ever bid once. The last bid. -- : Ethan O'Toole

Re: Yes there is a PDP 10 front panel and Kenbak on Ebay

2019-04-03 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 4/3/19 11:51 AM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > and no, a "best offer" of $250 for the front panel will not be accepted. because it's $125 lower than the last one that sold. https://www.ebay.com/itm/113190860596

Re: Yes there is a PDP 10 front panel and Kenbak on Ebay

2019-04-03 Thread ED SHARPE via cctalk
any  relation  to  marlys nelson  at  river falls? Ed#In a message dated 4/3/2019 12:40:06 PM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes: I mean that semi-sarcastically as this list probably knows better already. =] -- Anders Nelson +1 (517) 775-6129 www.erogear.com On Wed,

Re: 2.11 BSD on an 11/93 with an CMD SCSI Module

2019-04-03 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 11:46 AM Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > > E11 disk images in files aren't anything odd, just a straight bit-bit copy of > what would be in the parititon. (When I transfer RK05 partitions on E11 to SD > cards for use in the QSIC, I just 'dd' the file holding the partition

Re: Yes there is a PDP 10 front panel and Kenbak on Ebay

2019-04-03 Thread Anders Nelson via cctalk
I mean that semi-sarcastically as this list probably knows better already. =] -- Anders Nelson +1 (517) 775-6129 www.erogear.com On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 3:37 PM Anders Nelson wrote: > My god people, stop bidding! There are 6 days left. > -- > Anders Nelson > > +1 (517) 775-6129 > >

Re: Yes there is a PDP 10 front panel and Kenbak on Ebay

2019-04-03 Thread Anders Nelson via cctalk
My god people, stop bidding! There are 6 days left. -- Anders Nelson +1 (517) 775-6129 www.erogear.com On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 2:51 PM Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > Yes there is a PDP 10 front panel and Kenbak on Ebay > > and no, a "best offer" of $250 for the front panel will not be

Yes there is a PDP 10 front panel and Kenbak on Ebay

2019-04-03 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
Yes there is a PDP 10 front panel and Kenbak on Ebay and no, a "best offer" of $250 for the front panel will not be accepted. :-) Bill

Re: 2.11 BSD on an 11/93 with an CMD SCSI Module

2019-04-03 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Bill Gunshannon > when I get it done I will be glad to provide you with a dump of the > root and usr partitions. I may be able to do SIMH disk images as well, > but I have been working mostly with E11. E11 disk images in files aren't anything odd, just a straight bit-bit

Re: Tektronix Keyboard

2019-04-03 Thread Seth Morabito via cctalk
On 3 Apr 2019, at 9:43, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: On 4/3/19 8:53 AM, Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote: What I didn't understand was a fascination with the black mechanical Cherry switches the keyboard used.  These turn out to be extremely popular with the 'gaming' community. This

Re: 2.11 BSD on an 11/93 with an CMD SCSI Module

2019-04-03 Thread Holm Tiffe via cctalk
Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > On 4/2/19 11:21 PM, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 5:09 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk > > wrote: > >> > >>> Try deleting everything on the device entry lines after "cnxint" > >>> > >>> (For reference, "cnrint" and "cnxint" are the

Re: Tektronix Keyboard

2019-04-03 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 4/3/19 8:53 AM, Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote: > What I didn't understand was a fascination with the black mechanical Cherry > switches the keyboard used.  These turn out > to be extremely popular with the 'gaming' community. This 'community' is referred to here as "keyboard collecting

Re: 2.11 BSD on an 11/93 with an CMD SCSI Module

2019-04-03 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 4/2/19 11:21 PM, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote: > On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 5:09 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk > wrote: >> >>> Try deleting everything on the device entry lines after "cnxint" >>> >>> (For reference, "cnrint" and "cnxint" are the names of the interrupt >>> handler routines in

Tektronix Keyboard

2019-04-03 Thread Douglas Taylor via cctalk
This I didn't know. I bought a Tektronix 4207 color graphics terminal without a keyboard recently.  Finding the correct keyboard part number seemed to be a process with great uncertainty, the VintageTEK folks said the correct one was a 2468.  One of these was for sale on ebay for $300 - no

Re: Not DEC related but still hoping for some help: Problems w/ LJ 4+ Printer

2019-04-03 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 04/03/2019 03:24 AM, Ali via cctalk wrote: Is the fuser roller warming up properly? Or, is it the corona supply is having trouble coming up to voltage? You should pull the bottom of the printer apart and thoroughly clean the PC board on both sides. If you have never done this, it will be a

Re: Not DEC related but still hoping for some help: Problems w/ LJ 4+ Printer

2019-04-03 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 04/03/2019 03:24 AM, Ali via cctalk wrote: Thanks for that tidbit. I didn't realize that a HV failure would not produce any error codes. If that is the case looks like I am recapping a board. Out of curiosity what symptoms were you getting? Nope, I think there is some sort of self-check

RE: Not DEC related but still hoping for some help: Problems w/ LJ 4+ Printer

2019-04-03 Thread Ali via cctalk
> It sounds like the caps have not (yet) completely failed. > > I'd bet $10 on the HV supply being your problem. Grant, I think that would be a good bet. I am going to order parts and recap the board... See where that gets us. Thanks for all of your help. -Ali

RE: Not DEC related but still hoping for some help: Problems w/ LJ 4+ Printer

2019-04-03 Thread Ali via cctalk
> Just my little bit of input on this...the high voltage power supply is > just about the only thing that there is no error code for. I had one > fail and the printer didn't flag any errors. Changing the HV supply > fixed it. > > It sounds to me like your problem is related to the high voltage

RE: Not DEC related but still hoping for some help: Problems w/ LJ 4+ Printer

2019-04-03 Thread Ali via cctalk
> Is the fuser roller warming up properly? Or, is it the > corona supply is having trouble coming up to voltage? You > should pull the bottom of the printer apart and thoroughly > clean the PC board on both sides. If you have never done > this, it will be a HUGE BLACK MESS with spilled toner